Lions Out-Do Browns for Monday Night Melt-Down Honors

Lions Respond to the Challenge

Lions 23, Packers 27

Faced with an almost sure win last night, the Detroit Lions pulled off an amazing come-from-ahead loss, capping the blowing of a 20 point 4th quarter lead with a final play face mask, leading to the extra play, which Packers QB Aaron Rodgers turned into a wild Hail Mary into the end zone for the game winning touchdown.

Stunned fans are still being dug out of the Kat Box today.  

But let's let Lions coach Jim Caldwell call it like it is:  "Look. We get really tired of hearing how the Cleveland Browns are the most losingest team in the NFL. They can't even carry our panties. We haven't won a championship since 1957, which is before color was invented, and we're the ones that went 0-16 just a few years ago, and it's the Lions that won that Moldy Carpet Trophy and NOT the Browns.  The Browns don't have ONE single Moldy Carpet Trophy hanging in their stadium, so they can just shut up.  And I'm not going to let my guys down on a Monday Night the week after the Browns blew a game on the final play with a blocked field goal.  We topped them, right?  I didn't see them blowing a 20-point lead AND committing a penalty on the final play.  Our fans actually celebrated for a minute there. We actually snatched defeat right out of the jaws of victory.  I don't see the Browns doing that. This isn't "Draft Day" ya know?  Cleveland can eat my shorts."

Strong words, but he's got a point.  The Lions (4-8), after winning 3 straight, reclaim their membership in the Basement, and are STILL only one game out of first in the Doormat NFC.    

-wacko

BASEMENT REFS ARE THE REAL DOORMATS

It's only Week 4, and it's no contest:  The Replacement Refs are the cream de la creme of crummy.  These guys and gals are making hard for a decent lousy team to lose properly.   I've seen more head scratching, looooooong moments under the hood, blown calls, and helmet to helmet tackling than I've seen in years.   Admit it, at this point, every single flag that gets thrown, you assume it's debatable.  

Apparently, some of the refs that were FIRED by the Lingerie League for incompetence are now officiating NFL games.   I guess that tells us just how extensive the 'pool' for replacement refs is.

read more on that:

http://deadspin.com/5946112/the-lingerie-football-league-announces-that-it-fired-a-couple-crews-which-apparently-are-now-officiating-in-the-nfl-because-of-incompetence?popular=true

Of course,  there may have been some distractions in those contests.  

THE ODDS

Say, anybody notice that the Seahawks not only won, but covered the point spread?  Vegas estimates are the swing was anywhere from $150 million to $250 million on THAT GAME ALONE.  C'mon you're already thinking about refs throwing games- aren't you?   Pete Carrol can't believe his luck!   

"we....won? sure....yeah, great.  Let's get off the field."

Maybe they should take a cue from the Lingerie League, and at least make it harder to argue with the refs.  I can't see Bill Belichick body bumping this ref.   Not if his wife is watching.

But, you know, Justice IS Blind, so it's all in the spirit of fairness, the American Way.

OK, Week 4 is almost here, and get ready for the most bumbling weekend of them all.   But please, save your loudest BOOS for the men and women in stripes.  They've earned it.

-Wacko

Yikes and Away!!

Packers 45, Vikings 7

The Minnehaha Yikings lost the coin toss. The Packers, thinking ahead, kicked first. 3 Plays later, the Yikes punted to #18, there, and Randall Cobb runs past 11 guys in purple and scores without the vaunted Packer offense even going on the field. Game over. Yikings DO score a touchdown, but only after the Packers muff a punt at their own 15. Yikings able to row in from there, safely buried on the scoreboard. It is not without precedent, but the Yikes elected to not run the other way. That only works when you are on defense and you have an excuse for not knowing which way you are going...you're a defensive player, how are you supposed to know where the ball is going?

Hairstyles may be getting adventurous, but which division has the most teams that have not changed their unis in ages? The Packers are the last team in the NFC North division now to not have done at least an iota of change. Yikings have the Nike pants now, the Bears wear orange jerseys sometimes (wow), and the Lions blue color seems to be fading just a tad every year. Anybody got that stat?

Yoiks and away, indeed.